Luay

Luayy, Luay or Louay (Arabic: لُؤَيّ lū’ayy, Arabic pronunciation: [luˈʔajj]), also spelled Loai, Loay, Luai, is an Arabic male given name is from the noun la’y (لَأْي), meaning "adversity, hardship, slowness, tediousness", "obstruction, detention, retainment", "holding back, restraining, delay, hesitation", "inhabitant, life, livelihood, dwelling", "straitened circumstances, difficulty, hardness, starkness, misfortune, affliction, calamity".

It may refer to:

Luay Nakhleh, professor of computer science
Luay Hamza Abbas, Iraqi writer
Luai al-Atassi, Syrian military leader
Louay Chanko, Syrian footballer
Louay Kayyali, Syrian modern artist
Louay M. Safi, Syrian-American scholar of Islam
Luay Salah, Iraqi footballer
Loai al-Saqa, Syrian al-Qaeda member
Loay Taleb, Syrian footballer
Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy, ancestor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

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